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How it all started. When our founder started his studies, he got introduced to the unpleasant surprise all students encounter: the costs of buying books. Why is it that there is no subscription-based platform offering study books making the necessary materials affordable and easy to use?
The idea became BUKU. In 2015 we presented our concept to publishers, started with the development, technical support and our first business angel Vincent van Wieren got on board.
Things are getting real. The idea that started in 2010 came to life… We began to build the platform, appointed Bertus Jan as CEO and started our pilot at one of the biggest universities of The Netherlands, Hanze University of Applied Sciences.
There is a first for everything. Milestone! The first pilot had been a great success, an institute of Hanze University, the Johan Cruijff Academy implemented BUKU into their program and we publicly launched BUKU in The Netherlands.
Let’s go international. The FHR School of Business in Surinam was the first international country that started using BUKU, becoming the proof of concept which led to more joining publishers and expanding the online library.
And the winner is… NOVI University of ICT started using BUKU, more publishers joined, and we received the audience award for the Innovation Top 100 Price by the national Chamber of Commerce.
Good vibes. A busy year and we loved it: TIO University and Schoevers Educations started using BUKU, the closing an important round of investments, we launched in Aruba and Curacao, expanded in Surinam, and had our first users in Malawi: UNIMA College of Medicine.
Sky is the limit. We started to develop BUKU for secondary education, are orienting to work together with NGO’s, are expanding in The Netherlands, launched in the Pacific Islands, and the North Coast Medical Training College of Kenya started using BUKU.
Growing and growing. We are expanding further in the markets in which we are already active. We have officially set up an entity in Kenya, launched BUKU in Guyana and became the largest platform in secondary education in Namibia. And the year isn't even over yet...
